Carbureter.



' No. 887,370. PATENTED MAY 12. 1908.

A. WINTON & H. B. ANDERSON.

OARBURE'ITBR. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 23, 1906.

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No. 887,370. PATENTED MAY 12, 1908. A.;WINTO'N & H. B. ANDERSON.

' CARBURETBR. HAPPLIOATION FILED JUNE 23. 1906.

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- To all whom it may concern:

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT ornron ALEXANDER WINTON AND HAROLD B. ANDERSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE WINTON MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPAN Y, OF CLEVELAND, 01110.

GARBURETER.

I No. 887,370.

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER WiN'roN and HAROLD B. ANDERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carburetors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

- I This invention relatesfto improvements in carbureters, for explosive engines, and is of the float type wherein the gasolene is .maintained at a predetermined height by a float controlled valve.

One object of this invention is to provide a carbureter constructed to act as a surface carburetor when the engine is running at a low speed, and automatically act as a nozzle carbureter when the engine is running at high speed.

Another object is to provide a carburetor so constructed that a single air passage provides" a roper supply to the carbureter for all spee s of the,.engine, and to avoid the necessity for an additional or auxiliary air passage controlled by a valve operated auto- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, 1s aperspectlve view of a carbureter embody- Fig. 2,-1s a horizontal section onthe line 22 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by. arrow. Fig. 3,

' is a vertical central sectionon the line 33,

Fig. 4, looking in the direction indicated by arrow. Fi 4, is avertical central section on line 41- 1 0 Fig. 31 I In carrying out this invention, a casing 1 constitutes a float and gasolene chamber 2. A gasolene su ply inlet3 is in communica: tion with the c amber 2, and this inlet is controlled by a float-controlled needle-valve 4;. The area of the chamber 2 is preferably (though not necessarily) reduced by a central extension 5, and the float 6 is annular in form, and surrounds the extension, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. This annular float 'fi is preferably held in position as it moves vertically" under the influence of the inflewing gasolene through the medium of the two vertically disposed guide rods 7, which pass'loosely .through the vertical openings 8 in the float 6.

A lever 9 is pivoted at th point 1Qnear its outer end, and has it sfin pe ejridp rovided with two arms 11, the endsof the arms having upwardly-projecting ears 12 which engage Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 23, 1906. Serial No. 323,117.

Patented May 12, 1908.

the under side of the float 6, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The outer end of this lever is preferably forked as shown at 13, to straddle the needle-valve 1, and the ends of this fork 13 are turned up, as shown at 1-1, and engage the under side of the adjustable weight 15 which is upon and carried by the needle valve.

The operation of the lloat and needlevalve for keeping the fluid or gasolene at a predetermined level, is well understood, and need not be described. By adjusting the weight upon the needle-valve the level of the gasolene can be regulated. Thus far, only a well known construction has been described.

.This present improvement will now be explained.

An air passz'tge-way 16 extends across the upper portion of the casing 1 and chamber 2,, and is preferably of a curved or U-shape as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. As shown in Figs. .3 and 4, thelowest portion of this air passage \iips or projects into the chamber 2, and preferably this air passage has its walls formed as a part of the cover 17 of the chamher, by being cast or formed.therewith, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, though it may be formed. separate therefrom without departing'from the spirit of the invention. The bottom of this U-shaped passage 16 forms a holder-shaped wall for the gasolene, and the fluid level is preferably slightly above or substantially in the horizontal plane of the inner surface of the bottom of said holdershaped wall.

A gasolene exit opening 18 is formed in the lowest portion of the air passage 16, and this is controlled by an adjustable valve 19 which has its .screw-tln'eaded stem 20 passing through the up )er wall of the air passage and projecting to tie outside, as at 21, where it is accessible for adjustment. A locking nut 22, serves to lock the valve in its adjusted position.

Attention is directed to the fact that the valve 19 is located outside of the outlet 18, and that the gasolene passing out of this outlet strikes the cone-shaped end of the valve, whichhas an advantageous result when the carbu'reter is notacting'as a surface carbureter, which 'will be pointed out in detall hereinafteiz. It willbe noted that the coneshaped valve 1.9 is larger than the valve stem, and to enablethe valve to'be placed in position and removed, the' 's'crew threaded stem 20 passes through a flanged nut 23 which may be removed and thus permit the placing and removal of the valve.

Especial attention is called to the fact that the air )assage 16 is made smaller in crossseetiona area or restricted at the point where the gasolene enters the air passage, the objeet of whichwill be fully explained oresently.

In the o )eration of the carburetor, the gasolene level is set so that the gasolene enters the air passage approximately as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and that the lower wall of the air passage forms the bottom of a gasolene holder so that when the engine is running at low speed, the air ,asses directly in contact with and over a relatively large surface of fluid gasolen-J, and the device then acts as a surface carbureter. At high speeds, the gasolene is sucked through the orifice 18, but even in this latter instance the-level of the gasolen'e is so high that the gasolene is not lifted.

The reason ior restricting the air passage where the gasolene enters, is to give su'l'licient velocity to the air at low s )eeds to produce the pro )er mixture for good combustion. It is foum in practice that this restriction permits an ample llow oi air to the engine when running at high speed. By this restriction suliicient velocity of air is obtainedifor low speeds, and ample volume of air for high speeds.

, When the ngine is working at low speed, the gasolene enters the lower portion of the contracted part oi the air passage, and the device works as a surface carbureter, but when the engine is running at high speed, the gasolene is used sufliciently rapid to prevent it enteringithe air passagelast enough and the device then acts as a suction or nozzle carbureter, the gasolene being drawn through the orifice 18. Since the level oi the gasolene is normally above the outlet 18, the gasolene (when the device not working as a surface oarbureter) does not have to be lifted in the sense in which it is lifted in the usual form of nozzle or suction acting carbureter.

When the gasolene is being drawn through ;the orifice 18 due to the high speed of" the engine, the location and cone-shape of the valve causes the gasolene to be spread outward into an umbrella shape, which breaks it u and materially aids in making a thor- 'ougi mixture thereof with the air passing through the air passage.

From the foregoing it will be noted that.

r that the device prothe construction is'sucl gasolene an d;a1r at vides a proper suppi all various speeds oi the engine, andwithofut the necessity of varying OIL-i161 thesupply of gasolene or air, andwi thoutthe necessity of any auxiliary air var-.engainst which the en'- {"IHC; inustwork.

llavmg diselo. L what srbehevedtobe a new pr nciple of operatienfor a carbur'eter,

whereby certain advantages of operation are obtained, and whereby simplicity of con struction is ossibie, other specific i'orms :l'or practicing tie invention disclosed will occur to those skilled in the art, and therc'l'orc the invention is not restricted to the particular form here shown, so long as the principle oi. operation here disclosed is performed in. such other devised form or forms.

A short tubular section or portion 2c is )I'0Vi(l.8d and always projects into the gasoiene, so that if for any reason the level of the gasolene should be a trifle below the lowest portion of the air passage, it will prevent the sucking of air instead of gasoi ne.

The valve 19 is corrugated or grooved, shown at 1 9 for the purpose of atomizing the gasolene by impact when the engine is running at high speed.

The restricted fluid orifice 18 permits 'LllG fluid to flow fast enough by gravity to maintain a body of fluid within the holder-shaped bottom of the air passage 16, for small fluid consumption (low speeds), but not fast enough to supply the lluid by gravity iced for larget fluid consumption (high speeds), and in thje latter event the fluid is drawn through the restricted orifice causing spray or jet carfburization.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim land desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is

A carbureter, comprising means for maintaining a fluid level, an air passage having its lower wall projecting into said level t'o form a fluid holder, said wall provided with a fluid orifice in a plane below said fluid level, the orifice so restricted as to require spray action from said orifice within the air passage for increased fluid supply to the increased volume or air ,assing therethrough.

2. A carburetor-{or explosive engines, comprising an air passage having a fluid holdershaped bottom with a restricted orifice through the bottom of the holder-shaped portion, means adapted to maintain an air-exposed body ofpfluid within the holder-shaped portion by gravity-feed through said orifice, the orifice being so restricted to require suction-feed ol" the fluid therethrough and therefore spray action when relatively large consumption of fluid occurs.

3. A carl'iureter for explosive engines, comprising an air passage having a fluid hoidershaped bottom. with an inlet orifice in its bottom so restricted as to permit gravity feed for fuel consumption only, and means adaptedto maintain a fluid level within the holdershaped pbrtion' by gravity feed for small fuel consumption only.

4. A carburetor, having a fluid chamber, a fluid suplply therefor, means for maintaining a fluid level in the chamber, and a U-shaped air passage extending across the top of the chamber with the lower wall of the U extending into the chamber below the fluid level, said lower wall having a fluid inlet orilice below said fluid level and in communication with said chamber. i 5. A carbureter, having a lluid chamber, a fluid supply for the chamber, means for maintaining a fluid level in said chamber, a U- sha )ed air passage extending across the top of t e chamber with its lower wall in a plane below the fluid level, the lower wall having a fluid inlet orifice in communication with th chamber.

6. A carbureter, having a lhiid chamber, a fluid supply, means for maintaining a lluid level in said chamber, an air passage extending across the upper portion of said chamber with its lower wa l in a plane below said fluid level, the lower wall of the passage having a fluid inlet orifice at a point below the maintained fluid level in communication with said chamber, the walls of said orificeextending into the chamber for the purpose described. 7. Acarbureter comprising a fluid chamber, means for maintaining a fluid level in said chamber, a detachable cover for the chamber carrying a U-shaped air assage with its lower wall di ping into and elow the said fluid level, t e said lower wall having an inlet orifice at a point below the fluid level and in communlcation therewith." 8. A carbureter, having automatically alternately fluid surface and. suction action, comprising. an :air passage-way, and' fluid feeding means maintaining therein by gravityflow a body or puddle of liuidexposed to surface contact of the passing air for slow fluid consumption, said fluid feeding means being restricted to cause suction and spray carburization for rapid fluid consumption.

9. A carbureter comprisinga reservoir, means for maintaining a constant level of gusolene in the reservoir, and a U-shapcd conduit for air havii'n its lower portion arranged in the reservoir, nelow said constant level of gasolene, and having an aperture in its bot tom for enabling the gnsoleue to seek its level in the conduit.

10. A carbureter comprising: a reservoir, means for .xmziutnining a constant level of gasolene in the reservoir, a U-shaped conduit for air having its lower portion arranged in the reservoir below said constant level of gasolene, and having an aperture in its bottom for enabling the gasolene to seek vits level in the conduit, and a screw extending through the upper portion of the conduit, and controlling and regulating; counmmication bctween said aperture and the interior of the conduit.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ALFXANDER Wl NION. HAROLD l3. ANUEIRSUN. Witnesses W. J. WARD, R. HAGERLING. 

